Polk County celebrated Senior Night in style Thursday, dominating Mountain Heritage in a 9-1 boys soccer victory at Polk County Middle School.
The Wolverines built a 4-0 halftime lead and were never challenged thereafter in improving to 13-4-1 overall, 9-1-1 in Western Highlands Conference play. Polk County travels Tuesday to Crest and then on Wednesday to Madison for its final regular-season game.
Mountain Heritage dropped to 4-13, 2-10 with the loss.
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Nate Smart scored four goals and Wil Rimer added two as Polk County kept the ball around the Mountain Heritage net for most of the night. Smart scored the game’s opening goal 10 minutes in, with Rimer tallying five minutes later. A Mountain Heritage own goal upped the lead to 3-0 before Rimer scored again with 13:02 left in the first half.
The Wolverines then scored four times in a 10-minute span in the second half, Smart scoring three times and Garrett Weicker heading a shot home for the other goal. Polk County goalkeeper Wilson Edwards moved to a midfield position late in the game and scored the final goal with 5:24 left.
Jeremy Allsbrook had three assists to lift his single-season school record to 23.
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